Man walks away, shot in stomach

STOCKTON - An 18-year-old man was shot in the stomach about 5:20 p.m. Thursday near Palisades Drive and East Hammer Lane, authorities said.

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STOCKTON - An 18-year-old man was shot in the stomach about 5:20 p.m. Thursday near Palisades Drive and East Hammer Lane, authorities said.

The man told police he was walking in the area when a man in the back seat of a white Buick Regal asked him where he was from and whether he was affiliated with a gang. The car drove off but returned a short time later, police said. The victim was walking away when he heard gunshots and realized he had been struck, authorities said.

The car fled the area after the victim jumped a nearby fence, police said. A passing motorist then took the victim to a hospital, where he was treated for a nonlife-threatening injury, authorities said.

The gunman was described as a black man 21 to 25 years old with dreadlocks, a neatly trimmed mustache, a black hooded sweatshirt and a blue bandanna around his neck, police said.